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I'm up for a gathering once things warm up, depending on location. Even if it's at an auto-x that a few of you are going to race in. Sorry for the delay... my S1 has been a low priority. Job searching and school far more important. Timothy

Excellent... Thanks, and sorry about the delay in responding.

I don't know if you remember, but I contacted you to ask a million questions when you decided to sell. I had actually printed out the webpage and kept track of your asking price, waiting for the right number. When I saw the price drop on the web page you had set up, right into my range, I wanted to buy it from you. I never herad back from you though. Since yours sold a week too soon for my arrival, I had to wait for this yellow one to come in. I do enjoy driving it, but would certainly have preferred your orange. The comparison in performance was from Dean (mistakenly said Don in earlier post)... he claimed they are comparable since your cam had a narrow power band and this cam was wider. He was supposed to give me a build sheet and dyno info, but never did. If I had some $$ to spend on the car at the moment, I'd have some work done on it, but unfortunately daycare and house improvements are eating up any hope of some upgrading at the moment. I'm in SE PA, just above Philly, so I can't drop by Performance Engineering for help. I'm open to other tuner locations, but only for checking things out and addressing my idle problem if I can't sort it out myself. Ideally I'd ship the car out to Performance Engineering, have them take a look and give me options to match the orange #50. Have you picked up another seven yet? Would you do anything different the second time around if you did get one?

Tom, do you Philly area AutoX guys get together in Warminster regularly? Distance from me is definately doable, just for the sake of seeing more 7s if nothing else.

Which 7 do you have? Original owner of mine used to AutoX it. Saw an original 7 AutoX in NJ (Giants' stadium parking lot)... he said he couldn't handle the philly guys b/c of the mods they have. I've never tried AutoX. Tempted to from time to time... 2 brothers do it with 944 and boxter. :jonautox:

I'm tempted to say "yes", I'm not sure. This was originally Don Rosen's car (Dynamic Motorsports, the Ohio Superformance dealer). He had the engine installed, and was unable to find any paperwork to tell me what was done with the engine. All I know or can find out is what's visible when I look at it. If you can tell me what to look for, I can tell you what I see or take pictures. My engine knowledge is very limited at the moment. I saw (different site) you have 185hp at the flywheel. Sounds like an orange S1 I saw for sale online, which was eventually sold at Dynamic 1 week before I was scheduled to drive out to see it. I assume my engine was done by Performance Engineering, as your was, however I suspect your cam is 1 step up from mine. Per Don, the wider powerband of this cam makes it just as fast as the higher hp cam in the orange that I missed out on. I have been tempted on multiple occasions to find out if a 2.3 duratec can squeeze into the compartment, or perhaps add a supercharger. It seems no one has gone beyond NA a 2.0 for this car though. The car's fast as-is, however never hurts to have more power :-) My wishlist is on hold though, as we have a 5 month old... daycare costs are no fun at all. Do you go to any local car shows Steve? Perhaps I could try to meet you at one, assuming the site is suitable for our 7s' low clearance (ie no rough grass field parking).

I've seen you on a few forums... I'm in Churchville... between Feasterville and Richboro. Have you had any idling problems with yours?

I have an IR thermometer on order now. I have also attached a pic to the original post of the sensor as shown to me by the mechanic Boxologist: Integrated throttle body, no MAF as far as we can tell

I'm having idling problems when I cold start my engine (2.0 Zetec). RPMs fluctuate from 3k down below 1k, almost stalling. Once the engine warms up, it idles smoothly. I recently had my inspection done, and the water temp sensor was suggested as the likely culprit, however I was told I'd need to get a new one through a Ford dealer. The supposed part at Advance Auto was visually definately not what I need. Has anyone had a problem like this, or replaced the water temp sensor for any reason? I haven't even tried to remove the sensor, so I haven't taken it anywhere to match it. FWIW, this is in a Superformance S1. thank you for any advice you can offer a novice (at best) Timothy:7frog: